Synthesis of Diethyl Oxalate by a Coupling-Regeneration Reaction of Carbon Monoxide

This article describes a process for the synthesis of diethyl oxalate by a coupling reaction of carbon monoxide, catalyzed by palladium in the presence of ethyl nitrite. The kinetics and mechanism of the coupling and regeneration reaction are also discussed. This paper presents the results of a scale-up test of the catalyst and the process based on an a priori computer simulation.     

The effect of humidity on thermal process of zinc acetate

The thermal decomposition of zinc acetate dihydrate Zn(CH₃CO₂)₂·2H₂O in some humidity-controlled atmospheres has been successfully investigated by novel thermal analyses, which are sample-controlled thermogravimetry (SCTG), thermogravimety combined with evolved gas analysis using mass spectrometry (TG–MS) and simultaneous measurement of differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffractometry (XRD–DSC). The thermal processes of anhydrous zinc acetate in dry gas atmosphere by conventional linear heating experiment initiated with the sublimation around 180 °C, followed by the fusion and the decomposition over 250 °C. SCTG was useful to interpret clearly the successive reaction because the high-temperature parallel decompositions were effectively inhibited. The thermal behavior changed dramatically by introducing water vapor in the atmosphere and the thermal process was quite different from that in dry gas atmosphere. Zinc oxide (ZnO) was formed only in a humidity-controlled atmosphere, and could be easily synthesized at temperatures below 300 °C. XRD–DSC equipped with a humidity generator revealed directly the crystalline change from Zn(CH₃CO₂)₂ to ZnO. A detailed thermal process of Zn(CH₃CO₂)₂·2H₂O and the effect of water vapor are discussed.     

Effect of Co-solvent on the Palladium Catalyzed Alkoxycarbonylation of Allyl Bromide in Supercritical CO_2

We have studied the palladium-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of allyl bromide in supercritical (sc) CO2 and found the reaction rate in sc CO2 was lower than those in some organic solvents1. The possible reason was the lower solubility of sc CO2 for the palladium catalyst. As an effective approach to improve the solubility of varieties of solutes, cosolvent such as ethanol has been widely used in the sc CO2 extraction2,3. Based on the above consideration, we chose several organic reagents…     

铈改性NaZSM-5分子筛担载Pd催化剂上CO氧化性能研究

以浸渍法制备了一系列添加CeO2的Pd-Ce/NaZSM-5负载型催化剂．以C0氧化为 模型反应，考察了反应温度、Ce含量、预还原、空速及水蒸气等对C0氧化性能的影 响，并利用XIlD和朋等手段对催化剂体相及表面结构进行了表征．结果表明：加入 CeO2作助剂可明显提高催化剂的活性，且催化转化率随着反应温度及Ce含量的增加 而增加；随着空速的增加而降低；催化剂对水蒸气不敏感，在水蒸气存在的条件下 反应可连续进行720h以上保持C0完全转化；H2预还原作用使催化剂活性有所提高． XRD测试结果表明，催化剂中Pd组分处于高分散状态，Ceob的引入促进了N物种在 NaZSM—5载体上的分散．表面XPS分析证实催化剂表面Pd物种处于较高的氧化状态 ，且CeO2与Pd物种间存在协同作用．Pd的高分散及其与CeO2的相互作用是催化剂具 有高活性的关键．     

Ship-in-bottle formation of Ru_3(CO)_(12) in NaY zeolite

NaY zeolite entrapped Ru3(CO)12 cluster has been synthesized from RuCl3 ion-exchanged NaY, which is well characterized by IR and Raman spectroscopies and CO chemisorp-tion. When the Ru3+/NaY sample is heated from 298 K to 393 K for 25 h and for 10 h at 393 K, the sample colour changes from dark to brown-yellow. The in situ infrared spectrum exhibits absorption bands at 2130, 2064, 2040, 2017, 1990, 1953 and 1925 cm-1. The bands at 2130 cm-1 arises from the Runm+(CO)l m =1-3;n = 1 - 3; l = 1-12). The bands at 2064, 2040, 2017 and 1990 cm-1 are proposed to be associated with the Ru3(CO)12/NaY, which are close to Ru3(CO)12 crystalline. Furthermore, the Raman results provide bands at 150 and 185 cm-1, which can be attributed to Ru-Ru bonds of the sample as in the case of Ru3(CO)12 crystalline, for which the A1' Ru-Ru stretching mode is assigned to 185 cm-1 and E1' Ru-Ru stretching mode is assigned to a band at 150 cm-1, respectively. CO chemisorption of [Ru3]/NaY gives a CO/Ru ratio of 3.85, which is simila     

CuO/TiO2的制备及对NO＋CO反应性能的研究

以三种不同的TiO2为载体，负载6%CuO，在色谱-微反装置上考察了三种Cu6-Ti催化剂对NO＋CO反应的活性。结果表明，由于制备方法不同，活性差别很大，三者活性顺序依次为：Cu6-Ti(T)> Cu6-Ti(S)> Cu6-Ti(nm)，TiO2的比表面积及晶型对活性的影响不明显。H2-TPR结果表明，Cu6-Ti在整个TPR过程中出现了3或4个还原峰，表明有多种CuO物种存在。不同预处理Cu6-Ti的TPR显示，在反应中Cu物种可能以多种价态同时存在。NO-TPD结果亦证明，Cu6-Ti对NO＋CO的反应活性与NO在催化剂表面的解离难易密切相关，而与NO的吸附量关系不大。     

Factors affecting the combustion toxicity of polymeric materials

Fire gas toxicity is an essential component of any fire hazard analysis. However, fire toxicity, like flammability, is both scenario and material dependent. A number of different methods exist to assess the fire toxicity, but many of them fail to relate this to a particular fire scenario. Sample thickness alone, in a closed box test such as the NBS Smoke Chamber, is shown to change the fire scenario from well-ventilated to under-ventilated. Data from two flow-through tests, the static tube furnace (NF X 70-100) and the steady state tube furnace (the Purser furnace, BS 7990 and ISO TS 19700) show that there are different patterns of behaviour for different polymers (LDPE, polystyrene, rigid PVC and Nylon 6.6). The predicted toxicities show variation of up to two orders of magnitude with change in fire scenario. They also show change of at least one order of magnitude for different materials in the same fire scenario. Finally, they show that in many cases CO, which is often assumed to be the most, or even the only toxicologically significant fire gas, is of less importance than either HCl, or HCN, when present, and in some cases less important than organo-irritants. Nylon 6.6 shows the highest predicted toxicity, the greatest scenario dependence, and the least sensitivity to different apparatuses, while polystyrene shows the highest sensitivity to the different apparatuses, but the lowest to different fire scenarios. PVC shows high toxicity, mostly due to HCl in the fire effluent, under all fire conditions, and LDPE shows a more progressive increase in toxicity from well-ventilated flaming to both smouldering and under-ventilated flaming.     

过渡金属对分子筛担载Pd催化剂上CO氧化性能影响

分别采用共浸和连续浸渍法制备了一系列添加过渡金属的Pd-M-Ox-NaZSM-5(M=Cr，Mn，Fe，Co，Ni，Cu，Zn，Mo，Zr等)负载型催化剂．以CO氧化为探针反应，考察了不同制备方法对CO氧化性能影响，结果表明共浸法制备的各催化剂其活性明显优于连续浸渍法．详细考察了反应温度、Fe含量、氢气预还原、空速以及水蒸气等对共浸Pd-Fe-Ox-NaZSM-5催化剂上CO氧化行为影响，并应用XRD和XPS等手段对催化剂体相结构和表面状态进行了表征．结果表明：加入Fe2O3可明显提高Pd/NaZSM-5催化剂活性，且催化CO氧化的转化率随反应温度及Fe含量增加而增加；空速增加以及H2预还原作用导致Pd-Fe-Ox-NaZSM-5活性有所降低；催化剂对水蒸气较为敏感．XRD测试结果表明催化剂中Pd组分处于较高分散状态，以红铁矿形式存在的Fe2O3的引入，促进了Pd物种在NaZSM-5载体上的分散．表面XPS分析证实Fe2O3与Pd物种间存在较强的相互协同作用，且催化剂表面Pd物种处于较高氧化状态．Pd的高分散及其与Fe2O3的相互协同作用是共浸催化剂具有高活性的关键因素．     

CuO/Ce-Zr-La-O催化剂的表征及CO氧化活性

采用柠檬酸溶胶-凝胶法制备的Ce-Zr-La-O固溶体为载体，制备CuO／Ce-Zr-La-O催化剂，用XRD，Raman，TPR等实验技术对Ce-Zr-La-O固溶体及CuO／Ce-Zr-La-O的物相、Redox性能进行了表征。实验结果表明，Ce0.7Cr0.3-yLayO固溶体的还原性能与La含量有关，适量的La能促进固溶体的氧化还原。CuO的负载量为6％时，CuO／Ce0．7Zr0.15La0.15O的活性最高，高分散且与载体相互作用的CuO是CO氧化活性相。     

Metal-support interaction in mesoporous silica supported cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts

Summary The pore structure of silica supports (SiO₂ or MCM-41) has little influence on the metal-support interaction in silica supported cobalt catalysts. Cobalt dispersion, reduction behavior, and catalytic properties for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis were primarily affected by the metal particle size.